Say if I go on about creating a Networking base (Server handles multiple clients).

Basically what I'm asking is, if I program a Networking base only using localhost for testing (127.0.0.1), will everything function the same if I were to host the server on a dedicated server? (Real IP Address)

Reason for this post is I can't host on my computer :/ firewall's all funky + I use to go on file hunts resulting in tons of viruses :S

No, you can't just bind it to 127.0.0.1 and expect it to work for everyone in the world. You'll have to bind to the machine's IP(ipconfig or ifconfig depending on windows / linux) or you use 0.0.0.0 which binds to all addresses available. Then for the client, you connect to the external network IP.

No, you can't just bind it to 127.0.0.1 and expect it to work for everyone in the world. You'll have to bind to the machine's IP(ipconfig or ifconfig depending on windows / linux) or you use 0.0.0.0 which binds to all addresses available. Then for the client, you connect to the external network IP.

127.0.0.1 is localhost and always refers to a "loopback" interface that never leaves the host. Actually any 127.x.x.x address is loopback, though some OS's don't put the loopback adapter on anything on 127.0.0.1

0.0.0.0 means "any address", which is implied to mean "any network interface on this node". When listening, it's well defined to mean mean "listen on all interfaces", and is what you want for a public-facing server anyone can connect to. Connecting to 0.0.0.0 is not well-defined at all: some OS's will connect to localhost, some will connect to the first non-localhost IP, some don't even allow it at all.

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